EXTRAORDINARY ACCLAIM FOR MALCOLM MACKAY’S GLASGOW TRILOGY

“Gripping and vivid.… Mackay succeeds magnificently.”

The Guardian

“Superb.… Mackay is a true original, managing to conjure up a gripping new way of portraying city noir.… He’s no longer a rising star. He’s risen.”

—Marcel Berlins, The Times

“Reviewers often groan at the hyperbole with which publishers adorn new novels, but with Malcolm Mackay it is justified.… This is crime writing with ambition. The youthful Mackay has the command of a writer twice his age, and he has delivered a conclusion to his trilogy that is just as cohesive and forceful as his previous two books.”

Financial Times

“Remarkable.… The existing clan of Scottish writers may have to look to their laurels.”

Daily Express

“Mackay ratchets up the tension like a master.”

Daily Telegraph

“Brutal, witty, and well-written… brilliant.”

Sunday Telegraph

“An amazing novel, incredibly gripping from the first page to the last. A vivid portrait of the Glasgow underworld, it’s completely hypnotic.”

—Mark Billingham

“A real revelation, a real find for me.”

—Kate Mosse

“A dark, rich, brutal thriller.… It absolutely captivates you.… More than a page turner, it’s a page ripper. If you like Ian Rankin, Stuart MacBride, Val McDermid, Denise Mina—Malcolm Mackay is right up there.”

—Peter James

“Glasgow’s a tough city and this is a tough book.… Very authentic, very gritty, you can really feel the streets. First class.”

—Lee Child

“There aren’t too many crime novels that take the reader into the mind, such as it is, of a hitman.… Truly exceptional.”

The Independent

“Remarkably original.… A wholly believable and unnerving portrait of organized crime.”

The Observer

“Mackay writes in a tough-guy style that is reminiscent of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett at their most hard-boiled.”

The Scotsman

“ ‘Tartan noir’ will have a new star.”

Daily Mail